1.   Five years ago, spray-painted walls, buildings and freeway signs and overpasses were routine.

2.   That was bad enough, but then the Department of Transportation turned off the freeway signs that would have directed motorists to other exits.

3.   Their attorneys have said their clients were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident and fired their weapons at freeway signs.

4.   Traffic surveillance cameras, freeway message signs and sophisticated computer programs have been readied to deal with the snarls, but the anticipated human crush is daunting.

5.   Laura Shields saw a freeway sign for the Spam museum and said she had to stop and drag her vacationing family in for a look.